![]() ![]() Winning awards for her work she is not without critical acclaim either, having won Narrative Magazine’s ‘Narrative Prize’ back in 2004 for her short-story ‘Axis of Happiness’. This then provides a unique and nuanced perspective that is unlike any other, giving an insight into an otherwise unseen lifestyle. Looking at her Korean heritage she examines what this means and how it has shaped not only her, but others like her also experiencing it. Not focused on writing series as such she concentrates on articulating herself and her experiences growing up in the United States. She also wrote short-stories too, the first one coming out back in 2004 titled ‘Axis of Happiness’, which was released alongside ‘Motherland’. Establishing a lot of her themes and ideas generally, it managed to set the tone for a lot of her material that was to follow. Making her debut onto the literary scene back in 2007, she made a fairly large impact with her first novel ‘Free Food for Millionaires’. With her culture being a huge part of her life she continues to write about herself and her heritage, something which will continue for many years to come. Living in New York City with her husband Christopher Duffy, who is half-Japanese, they both take care of their son Sam. Still writing to this very day she continues to make a name for herself both online as well as off in the world of literature. She would also work as a columnist for a period of three consecutive seasons at the ‘The Chosun Ilbo’, one of South Korea’s largest newspapers. Providing material it would also allow her to find herself and she was as novelist and what exactly she wanted to apply herself to. Working as a corporate based lawyer prior to becoming a full-time critically acclaimed novelist, she would get some experience with which to write about. It was also her education and her time at university that she would come to write about in the following years to come as well. This would lead her into a career in law, all the while continuing to write and progress with her primary ambition of becoming a novelist full-time. Studying history at Yale University she went on to attend Georgetown University Law Center where she studied law. This was to have an impact on her in later life along with her work, as it came to be reflected in the many themes and ideas she would use. It was during her childhood that her family then migrated to the United States in 1976 at the age of seven years old. Lecturing on writing as well, she is a clear advocate for both her and her craft, having spoken at a number of highly prestigious and well regarded universities.īorn in 1968 in South Korea the future author to be Min Jin Lee was born and raised in the city of Seoul there. With two fiction novels written so far, she is also well known for contributing to a variety of different publications and outlets. Lee is a recipient of fellowships in fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard.An American Korean writer, Min Jin Lee has been writing for a number of years now, primarily focusing on her background. ![]() Her debut novel, 2007’s Free Food for Millionaires, was also a national best seller as well as a Top 10 Books of the Year for The Times of London, NPR’s Fresh Air, and USA Today. The San Francisco Chronicle lauds it as “beautiful… Lee’s sweeping four-generation saga of a Korean family is an extraordinary epic.” It was on over 75 best books of the year lists, and will be translated into 27 languages. Min Jin Lee’s novel Pachinko was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017. It is that identity that I still cling to today.” No matter who I was, and no matter the consequences, it was still within my power to write about the people who fascinated me.” “I had already failed for such a long time, but I still cared about writing something really beautiful. A life-long reader and lover of books, Lee shines as she speaks of the necessity of the arts as a vehicle to empower those who are disempowered. With warm humor, Lee honestly opens up about her struggle to succeed-as a Korean-born American immigrant battling a life-threatening chronic illness-within the publishing industry, and details her perseverance in the face of countless rejection letters. In this episode of The Archive Project, novelist Min Jin Lee discusses her writing craft and inspiring personal journey to become a professional writer. ![]()
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